Sensory organ replacement and repair
The senses of human hearing and sight are often taken for granted by many individuals until they are lost or adversely affected. Millions of individuals suffer from partial or total hearing loss and millions of others have impaired vision. The technologies associated with augmenting these two human...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth St, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) :
Morgan & Claypool Publishers,
c2006.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Synthesis lectures on biomedical engineering,
#3. |
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| Online Access: | Abstract with links to resource |
| Summary: | The senses of human hearing and sight are often taken for granted by many individuals until they are lost or adversely affected. Millions of individuals suffer from partial or total hearing loss and millions of others have impaired vision. The technologies associated with augmenting these two human senses range from simple hearing aids to complex cochlear implants, and from (now commonplace) intraocular lenses to complex artificial corneas. The areas of human hearing and human sight will be described in detail with the associated array of technologies also described. |
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| Item Description: | Part of: Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Oct. 29, 2008). Series from website. |
| Physical Description: | 1 electronic text (v, 60 p.) : digital, PDF file. Also available in print. |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 54-59). |
| ISBN: | 1598290630 (electronic bk.) 9781598290639 (electronic bk.) 1598290622 (paper) 9781598290622 (paper) |
| ISSN: | 1932-0336 ; |
| Access: | Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to subscribers or individual document purchasers. |